Upper White Castle Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 October 2000. A Post-Medieval Farmhouse.
Upper White Castle Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 October 2000
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Upper White Castle Farmhouse is a late 17th century Renaissance farmhouse. The external walls are rendered with a rendered plinth, and the hipped slate roof has a coved eaves with rendered stacks at the north and west end walls. The two-storey east front features a gabled 2-pane dormer in the center of the roof slope. The windows have flat heads and painted stone sills, with four 19th century 4-pane horned sash windows on the first floor. The ground floor has, from left to right, a 12-pane horned sash window, a 20th century metal window, and a 20th century lean-to conservatory that encloses a 20th century glazed entrance door and a 4-pane sash window. The lateral front has a similar 2-pane dormer to the left, with three 12-pane horned sash windows on the first floor. The ground floor features a central entrance doorway with a 20th century glazed wooden door and porch, along with a large 12-pane sash window to the left.
The well-preserved interior includes several notable features, such as an exceptionally fine staircase. This late 17th century dog-leg stair has broad treads and rises in four flights, featuring a closed string, turned bulbous balusters, and a shaped rail. The square newel posts are beaded at the angles with plain caps, and the inner face of the newel has attached half balusters. The larger of the two front rooms, currently used as a kitchen, has chamfered ceiling beams with hollow and fillet (Wern-hir) stops and a boarded door leading to the stair hall. The small front parlour contains fine late 17th century oak cupboards on each side of the fireplace, with each cupboard featuring a 6-panel door with fielded panels. The third ground-floor room, located in the rear wing, has a deep wooden fireplace lintel and chamfered ceiling beams with straight cut and scroll stops. The first-floor bedrooms have 17th century boarded doors with strap hinges, while the steeply pitched attic roof has collar trusses and one row of purlins.
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